Whether or not to floss has been the dental question of the summer. There’s not a lot of strong evidence to support its ability to prevent tooth decay or gum disease, though dentists point out that ...

A dentist's drill might not be the best way to tackle tooth decay in children's teeth, a new study has concluded. Findings from a major dental trial suggest that preventing tooth decay from occurring ...

In the last year, ABC15 has reported on some heartbreaking stories of children losing their lives in the dental chair. It's enough to make any parent push for less invasive alternatives, and one ...

Never accuse Dr. Robert Murray of leaning on his son to follow in his footsteps and become a dentist.”I wanted him to be a pro golfer. I wanted him to be the next Tiger Woods,” he said.In the absence ...

Lasers that can cut gum, tooth and bone are ending the despotic rule of the turbine dental drill. Allen Helfer is no sadist, but he does perform root canals on his dental patients without using ...

An Indonesian dentist has developed a dental handpiece that uses music to drown out the instrument's traditional high-pitch whine. Dr. Dhanni Gustiana from Purworejo, Central Java, decided to create ...

King’s College Dental Institute’s Professor Brian Millar thinks that his invention—a noise cancellation device that eliminates the unnerving sound of dental drills—will make people not fear the ...

Drilling at lower rotation speeds and eliminating the use of dental drills that use both air and water could significantly reduce the spray of aerosols, which may contain SARS-CoV-2, according to a ...

A team of mechanical engineering students from Johns Hopkins University is working with a Florida dentist to develop a device that aims to make dental procedures less daunting for many patients. Check ...